Cassie Wyckoff has been a goaltender for four years. IU is trying to earn an NCAA tournament berth for the second straight year.

Written by

Terry Hutchens
terry.hutchens@indystar.com

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- When Cassie Wyckoff left California to play water polo at Indiana, many of her friends looked at her as if she had grown a third arm.

"Indiana?" they said. Not exactly a hotbed for water polo. If you polled fans of IU athletics, few would likely even know that the Hoosiers have a women's water polo team. And some of the ones that do know so little about the sport that they jokingly worry about the safety of the horses.

"I've heard that one a few times,'' Wyckoff, a goalkeeper, said with a laugh. "People in Indiana aren't exactly up on water polo.'' ...